Jonathan Keefer

Game Curator

Jon wearing Miata slippers

Favorite Coolmath Games: Clicker Heroes, Block the Pig, Tube Master

 

Jon is a strategy game fanatic - his favorite games are open-ended puzzles with strategic, complex systems and creative solutions. He loves that games allow anyone to share in unique experiences, like designing a subway system in Mini Metro: London or building a civilization in Pre-Civilization Bronze Age. He has been helping discover and design games that make you think for Coolmath since 2014. 

 

In his free time, Jon enjoys biking, playing board games, card games, Nintendo, Xbox and PC games. In past lives he has helped design board games and card games, including the Chaotic Trading Card Game and the Twilight movie (yes, that Twilight) board game series.

 

Jon is a graduate of NYU’s Stern School of Business and is deeply passionate about using games as a way to help people think, learn, and grow. His accomplishments in the web gaming space have given him opportunities to share his insights as a speaker and panelist at industry events such as GDC, Gamescom and Pocket Gamer Connects.

Games Reviewed By Jonathan Keefer

Wolf, Sheep and Cabbage

December 31, 1998

This one's another classic. You have to get a wolf, a sheep and a head of cabbage across the river... so that nothing (or no one) gets eaten in the process.

Extreme Parking Mania Gameplay

Extreme Parking Mania

December 31, 1998

One of our most popular games ever. Hard driving and lots of obstacles to figure out... Then, you have to park!

Phit

December 31, 1998

This is one of my favorite puzzle games. They give you the pieces and you have to figure out how to slide them together so the fit into the box.

Me and the Key 3

December 31, 1998

Another awesome Me and the Key game! Figure out what to go on each level to find the key. Seems like an easy one... at first!

Knight Slider

December 31, 1998

Slide the pieces around the board to help the knight escape. Can you do it in the fewest moves possible?

Spectrum Genesis

December 31, 1998

I love this game. It's got similar thinking as Bloxorz. You have to move the bar around to get to the star, but you have to hit all the dots first.

Seesaw Logic

December 31, 1998

I really like this one. It seems really easy at first, then you really have to think. You are shown a bunch of objects on scales and have to figure out which one is heaviest.

Subtraction Blast

December 31, 1998

Fire your cannons at the falling numbers. It's great arithmetic practice, and you get to shoot stuff. Can life get much better than that?

Mouse Trap

December 31, 1998

This one is a lot harder than it looks. All you have to do is put up walls to trap the mouse... But, he's really good at getting past you.

Construction Fall

December 31, 1998

Aim and launch the balls to knock over a structure. You'll need to think ahead and plan your moves!